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Punishment Quotes
Lines on rules, consequences, and disgrace.
This set looks at punishment as the natural companion to rules: once rules exist, breaking them invites consequences. One quote draws a sharper distinction, arguing that shame comes from the wrongdoing itself rather than from what follows it. See related themes in our Crime quotes.
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Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.
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I wanted to show that crime doesn't pay. If you are saved and accept the Lord, you cannot use that as an excuse to avoid punishment.
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I stretch for a full hour before a fight because I know I'm going to take a lot of punishment in the ring. That's my secret.
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The grieving are surely owed our empathy, but capital punishment can neither right a wrong nor prevent another from happening.
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There's only one reason to be crucified under the Roman Empire, and that is for treason or sedition. Crucifixion, we have to understand, was not actually a form of capital punishment for Rome. In fact, it was often the case that the criminal would be killed first and then crucified.
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Lost in the often-vitriolic national quarrel over immigration reform is any examination of proposed measures that would result in excessive punishment, such as detention and deportation, for the most minor offenses.
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Skimmed milk was what they used to give to prisoners and workhouse inmates to go with their porridge and gruel. It's a punishment, not a drink.
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Only nature knows how to justly proportion to the fault the punishment it deserves.
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I don't believe in vengeance. Really, when all is said and done, I probably don't believe in punishment.
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